Improvement in toy whirligigs



PATENT CHARLES A. LINES, OF NEW HAVEN, CONNECTICUT.

IMPROVEMENT IN TOY WHIRLIGIGS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 176,973, dated May 2,1876 application filed October 22, 1875.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES A. LINES, of the city and county of NewHaven and State of Connecticut, have invented a certain new and ImprovedToy; and l Ado hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, andexact description ofthe invention, such as will enable oth- ,ers skilledin the artto which it pertains to 1, and more fullyillust-rates theshape of the cup. l

My invention belongs to that class of toys Ausually calledspinning-toys; and consists in novel construction and arrangement ofparts, hereinafter more fully set forth and claimed.

In the drawing, the letter A indicates -av spherical ball turned fromwood.

a is inserted in the ball in the line of its diameter, is long enoughto'pass through the cup B, and forms the journals and Winding-surface.A

The spindle rlhe spindleis turned d0wn,so as to form ashoulderV neartherball, against which the cup B cornes, and itsouter end is threaded,and is provided with a nut holding the cup B on the spindle. The part ofthe spindle Within the cup is the surface on which thestring Winds,

and has a perforation, through Whichone end ofthe string passes and isfastened. The cup B is a short cylinder, With a closed hemisphericalend. The handles b b are constructed on the cup opposite to each other,and are arranged in the same plane in which the holes through the cupare made for the spindle. The cup and handles are constructed or cast inone piece.

The manner ofusing my improved toyis as follows: A string, of properlength, passing through the perforation in the spindle and tied, iswound around the spindle. By quickl'y pulling the outer end of thestring the spherical ball Will heerapidly revolved, and, when the stringis drawn out its length, if the hand is moved toward the cup, it Will be`again Wound on the spindle, and can again be drawn out, turning theball in the opposite direction 0I', when drawn out its length, thestring may be dropped, and it will he Wound on the spindle, and revolvewith it. I claim as my-invention- The toy. herein described, consisting,essenvtially, of the spherical ball B, provided with the perforatedspindle a, forming the journals and Winding-surface, and the cup B,provided with the handles b b, the cup and handles con` structed in onepiece, and arranged to operate substantially as specied.

' CHARLES A. LINES.

Witnesses:

SYLvANUs BUTLER, GEORGE TERRY.

